LANGUAGE ARTS Communicates orally:
• Identify and discuss criteria for effective oral presentations, including such factors as eye contact, projection, tone, volume, rate, and articulation • Tell autobiographical stories to class • Participate in group readings, such as choral, echo, and shadow readings • Talk about personal or fictional stories recalling events • Demonstrate respect while listening through attentive and appropriate attention span • Take turns while participating in a discussion
Listens to and comprehends oral language:
• Follow basic oral directions • Talk about personal or fictional stories recalling events • Ask questions using who, what, where, when, why, and how
Writes for various purposes: • Compose sentences with or without pictures relating to a personal event • Write for various audiences and purposes
Plans, drafts, revises, edits and publishes:
• Apply directional conventions (left to right/top to bottom) while writing
Applies grammar and spelling skills: • • • •
Use nouns and verbs in beginning sentences Apply capitalization conventions in first and last name Use a period at the end of a sentence Locate beginning/ending letter sounds
Communicates using information media and technology: • Operate simple hardware devices (mouse, keyboard) • Recognize images and symbols used in various forms